Record levels of microplastics have been found trapped inside sea ice floating in the Arctic.

Economics is a discipline with a communication problem: its practitioners have struggled to gain traction in debates over the rise of populism globally and, in the UK, were the target of Brexit campaigners who claimed that the people in the country had “had enough of experts”.

The board of trustees at tiny Mount Ida College, which plans to close and sell its Newton campus to UMass, repeatedly boosted the compensation of president Barry Brown and other top executives between 2013 and 2016 while the school's debt load increased, according to public filings.

Few institutions have topped more than 100,000 students online, but Western Governors University and Southern New Hampshire University are on the brink.

Innovation is underway to rethink one of the biggest headaches we face on a daily basis: getting to work.

Having a strong network of friends has many advantages, from offering support when we are down, to a group we can share our thoughts with. But could we be missing out if we only mix with people "just like us"?

Participation in Australian tertiary education is set to plunge, robbing the country of skills to fuel a knowledge economy, researchers have warned.

March saw the conclusion of the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations

Rachel Murphy had barely begun the tertiary course that was supposed to kick-start her career when it abruptly ended.

I carry my phone everywhere I go, and the last thing I need is an app like Facebook listening in on my private conversations.